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The development of same-sex attractions, behaviors, and identities; gay, lesbian, and bisexual youth; gender nonconformity; clinical psychology; personality and social development during adolescence

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Selected Publications

• Savin-Williams, R. C. (1987). Adolescence: An Ethological Perspective. New York and Berlin: Springer-Verlag.
  
  
• Savin-Williams, R. C. (1990). Gay and Lesbian Youths: Expressions of Identity. Washington, D.C.: Hemisphere.
  
  
• Savin-Williams, R. C. (1994). Verbal and physical abuse as stressors in the lives of sexual minority youth: Associations with school problems, running away, substance abuse, prostitution, and suicide. Journal of Counseling and Clinical Psychology, 62, 261-269.
  Reprinted in
  (1) R. E. Long (Ed.) (1995). Suicide (pp. 28-50). New York: H. W. Wilson
  (2) C. Mahoney (Ed.) (1998). Perspectives: Human Sexuality. Worcester, MA: CourseWise
  (3) R. E. Muuss & H. D. Porton (Eds.) (1998). Adolescent Behavior and Society: A Book of Readings (5th ed.). New York: McGraw Hill.
  
  
• Savin-Williams, R. C. (1998). ". . . and then I became gay:" Young Men's Stories. New York: Routledge.
  
  
• Savin-Williams, R. C. & Cohen, K. M. (Eds.) (1996). The Lives of Lesbians, Gays, and Bisexuals: Children to Adults. Fort Worth: Harcourt Brace.
  
  

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